There are several video games based on Tite Kubo's manga and anime series Bleach . The titles consist mostly of side-scrolling fighters, but also include other genres such as strategy role-playing games and action role-playing games. Most of the games retell the plot of the manga, following Ichigo Kurosaki and his friends. Some games, however, have veered from the source material and incorporated original stories and characters. The games have been released on a variety of home and handheld consoles.
The first game to be released based on the Bleach series was Bleach: Heat the Soul , which debuted on March 24, 2005, and the latest releases are Bleach: Soul Resurrección , which was released in North America on August 2, 2011, and Bleach: Bankai Batoru, a social network game which was released in Japan on April 14, 2014. [1] [2] [3] There are 23 games bearing the "Bleach" name, not including the four crossover games— Jump Super Stars , Jump Ultimate Stars , J-Stars Victory VS and Jump Force —which feature characters from numerous other Weekly Shōnen Jump anime and manga series. Most Bleach games have been released only in Japan, though Sega has localized the first Wii game and the first three Nintendo DS games for North America, Australia, and Europe. Reception toward the games has been mixed, ranging from "the best fighter" for Bleach: The Blade of Fate , to "(not) a bad first effort, but the competition is leaving this one in the dust" for Bleach: Shattered Blade . [4] [5]
The Bleach: Blade Battlers (Bleach〜ブレイド・バトラーズ〜) series is a series of 3-D cel-shaded fighting games developed by Racjin and published by Sony.
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| Release years by system: 2006—PlayStation 2 [6] |
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Bleach: Blade Battlers 2nd Original release date(s): [8]
| Release years by system: 2007—PlayStation 2 [8] |
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The Bleach DS series are 2-D games. The first two were fighting games developed by Treasure Co. Ltd. All four were published by Sega.
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| Release years by system: 2006—Nintendo DS [10] |
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| Release years by system: 2007—Nintendo DS [15] |
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| Release years by system: 2008—Nintendo DS [20] |
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Bleach DS 4th: Flame Bringer Original release date(s): [24]
| Release years by system: 2009—Nintendo DS [24] |
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The Bleach Nintendo Home Console series is a series of fighting games published by Sega, with the first two being developed by Polygon Magic and Versus Crusade being developed by Treasure Co. Ltd.
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Bleach GC: Tasogare ni Mamieru Shinigami Original release date(s): [29]
| Release years by system: 2005—Nintendo GameCube [29] |
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Bleach: Shattered Blade Original release date(s): [30] [31] [32] [33]
| Release years by system: 2006—Wii [30] |
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Bleach: Versus Crusade Original release date(s): [34]
| Release years by system: 2008—Wii [34] |
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The Bleach: Heat the Soul (Bleach: ヒート・ザ・ソウル) series is a series of fighting games developed by Eighting and published by Sony.
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Bleach: Heat the Soul Original release date(s): [1]
| Release years by system: 2005—PlayStation Portable [1] |
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Bleach: Heat the Soul 2 Original release date(s): [37]
| Release years by system: 2005—PlayStation Portable [37] |
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Bleach: Heat the Soul 3 Original release date(s): [39]
| Release years by system: 2006—PlayStation Portable [39] |
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Bleach: Heat the Soul 4 Original release date(s): [41]
| Release years by system: 2007—PlayStation Portable [41] |
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Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 Original release date(s): [43]
| Release years by system: 2008—PlayStation Portable [43] |
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Bleach: Heat the Soul 6 Original release date(s): [45]
| Release years by system: 2009—PlayStation Portable [45] 2010—PlayStation Store [46] |
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Bleach: Heat the Soul 7 Original release date(s): [49]
| Release years by system: 2010—PlayStation Portable [49] 2013—PlayStation Store [50] |
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The Bleach: Soul Carnival (Bleach: ソゥル・カーニバル) series are 2D action games developed by Racjin and published by Sony.
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Bleach: Soul Carnival Original release date(s): [52]
| Release years by system: 2008—PlayStation Portable [52] 2010—PlayStation Store [53] |
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Bleach: Soul Carnival 2 Original release date(s): [55]
| Release years by system: 2009—PlayStation Portable, [55] PlayStation Store [56] |
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Bleach Advance: Kurenai ni Somaru Soul Society Original release date(s): [57]
| Release years by system: 2005—Game Boy Advance [57] |
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Bleach: Hanatareshi Yabou Original release date(s): [58]
| Release years by system: 2006—PlayStation 2 [58] |
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Bleach: Erabareshi Tamashii Original release date(s): [60]
| Release years by system: 2005—PlayStation 2 [60] |
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Original release date(s): [2] [62] [63]
| Release years by system: 2011—PlayStation 3 [2] |
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Bleach: Bankai Batoru Original release date(s): [3]
| Release years by system: 2014—iOS, [3] Android [3] |
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Original release date(s): [66] | Release years by system: 2015—iOS, Android 2020—Windows 2022—PlayStation 4 2024—Nintendo Switch, Xbox One |
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Bleach: Paradise Lost Original release date(s): [67]
| Release years by system: 2017—iOS, Android [67] |
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Bleach: Immortal Soul Original release date(s): [69]
| Release years by system: 2020—iOS, Android [69] |
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Bleach: Soul Rising Original release date(s): [70]
| Release years by system: 2020—iOS, Android [70] |
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Bleach Soul Puzzle Original release date(s): [71]
| Release years by system: 2024—iOS, Android [71] |
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Bleach: Rebirth of Souls Original release date(s): [72]
| Release years by system: TBA—Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S |
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| Release years by system: 2005—Nintendo DS [73] [74] |
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| Release years by system: 2006—Nintendo DS [76] [77] |
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| Release years by system: 2014—PlayStation 3, [79] [80] PlayStation Vita [79] [80] |
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Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 2019—PlayStation 4, [84] Xbox One, [85] Steam [86] |
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